Stories

Citizens for Climate
Germany
Insights from two Citizens for Climate Participation Pop-Ups in Denmark and Belgium
  Climate change is a challenge that affects everyone, but not everyone gets the same opportunity to have a say in how we respond to it. Across Europe, new ways of involving people in climate decisions are emerging. Citizens'...
JAKARTA
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES How to Retool for Resilient Democracy
Defending Democracy Needs More Savvy and Sacrifice From Civil Society
SIEGBURG
EVENT Digitalization and Democracy
An event at a German city hall looks at how we shape digital democracy.
BEIJING
LOCAL SNAPSHOT The Hotel Where You Will Never Stay
The Jingxi Is for Communist Party Gatherings Only.
SINGU TOWNSHIP
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Cut Off But Still Connected—For Now
As Myanmar Continues Digital Repression, Starlink Is the Only Lifeline
Image by Google Gemini
READINGS
NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW Crisis of Confidence in Public Problem-Solving
And the Role of AI, And What It Means for Local Democracy
KARAJ, IRAN
ASIA DEMOCRACY CHRONICLES Anywhere But Home
Iran Deports Afghans, Including Ethnic MInorities, to a Homeland Where They Never Felt Safe
MEXICO CITY
COLUMN All Human Rights Are Local
As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine New Ones
Bosnia Herzegovina
READINGS: Lessons Learned From Conflict and Reconciliation in Bosnia
Childhood in War
Photo by Joe Mathews
GWANGJU
NEWSLETTER: Does Your Local Constitution Need a Preamble?
Also: Good Robot, Bad Robot, Slum Democracy Networks, and The Fearless City
SACRAMENTO
COLUMN Draft Buffy
The California Governor's Race Is a Mess. So Why Not Find the Best Politician?
BADEN WURTTEMBERG
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS BRUNO KAUFMANN? Stuttgart
At One of the World's Longest-Running Local Protests